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Scarborough Council plans to remove Jimmy Savile's name from its Honour Board for "Freeman of the Borough". It says it also "fully supports" the removal of street signs, a memorial plaque - and his headstone.

The stripping of honours is expected to be endorsed by the full council at a meeting next week. In a statement the council says:

"This Council wishes to send its heartfelt support to, and acknowledge the courage of those who have come forward having suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of the alleged serial predatory sexual offender, Sir Jimmy Savile. In addition, this Council, in further acknowledgment of the serious predatory sexual allegations spanning over six decades, agrees that if the Council had been aware of such revelations at the time of Sir Jimmy Savile’s nomination for 'Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Scarborough' the Council would have refused it.

– Scarborough Borough Council

It is proposed to remove Jimmy Savile's name from the Honour Board pending the final report from the Metropolitan Police, when the Council will make a permanent decision.

Exactly a year after he died, an inquiry opened today into the activities of Jimmy Savile - once lauded as a fundraising hero, now reviled as a sexual predator who may have abused hundreds of children.

It'll focus on the time Savile worked at the BBC. Today it was revealed he'd been banned from taking part in Children In Need events. This weekend police arrested former pop star Gary Glitter as part of their inquiries - more arrests are expected to follow.

Jimmy Savile's cottage in Scotland was vandalised overnight, police have said. Abusive slogans were painted on to the walls of the property in Allt na Reigh, Glencoe. One slogan reads 'Jimmy the Beast'. Officers are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

The family of Jimmy Savile have broken their silence over his alleged crimes. In his first television interview, his nephew Roger Foster told Calendar he was appalled by revelations that the entertainer was a serial sex offender.